SPAWAR gets new commander on Friday

A veteran submarine officer will become the next commander of Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, which is headquartered in San Diego. The command oversees SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (located in Point Loma) and SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic, (located in Charleston, S.C.).

SPAWAR collectively has 8,900 military and civilian workers who acquire and develop communications and network systems for the Navy. Starting Friday afternoon, the command will be under the direction of Rear Admiral Patrick H. Brady, who is taking over for Rear Admiral Michael C. Bachmann, during a ceremony in Point Loma.

Brady is the former commanding officer of the USS Portsmouth (SSN 707), a Los Angeles-class attack sub that was decommissioned in 2004.